News articles tagged with 'adhesion' (Page 3)
Building better bone replacements with bacteria
— 7 Sep 2009 10:02 | HealthBacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham will present the…
Protein level may serve as predictor of severe osteoarthritis
— 30 Jul 2009 09:00 | HealthOsteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint disorder throughout the world and a leading cause of disability, is characterised by pain, impaired joint mobility, reduction of muscular…
Risk of autism tied to genes that influence brain cell connections
— 2 May 2009 18:32 | HealthIn three studies, including the most comprehensive study of autism genetics to date, investigators funded in part by the National Institutes of Health have identified common and rare…
When cancer cells can't let go
— 13 Apr 2009 14:34 | HealthLike a climber scaling a rock face, a migrating cancer cell has to keep a tight grip on the surface but also let go at the right moment to move ahead. Chan et al. reveal that the focal…
Restless cells: Cause of serious genetic disease discovered
— 23 Feb 2009 15:30 | HealthWhite blood cells (leukocytes) are constantly streaming through our vasculature, searching for pathogens - however, in order to trigger an immune response they need to leave the vessels…
Novel basis identified for tamoxifen failure
— 4 Dec 2008 10:18 | HealthTamoxifen may worsen breast cancer in a small subset of patients. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research suggests that in patients who show…
Immune cells reveal fancy footwork
— 25 Nov 2008 20:07 | HealthOur immune system plays an essential role in protecting us from diseases, but how does it do this exactly? Dutch biologist Suzanne van Helden discovered that before dendritic cells…
New regulatory mechanism discovered for cell identify and behaviour in forming organs
— 1 Nov 2008 18:36 | HealthTwo proteins interact in a previously unknown molecular mechanism that may have broad implications in future studies looking for the causes of defective organs in foetuses, metastatic…
Scientists identify a molecule that coordinates the movement of cells
— 9 Oct 2008 11:29 | BiologyEven cells commute. To get from their birthplace to their work site, they sequentially attach to and detach from an elaborate track of exceptionally strong proteins known as the extracellular…
New gecko-like adhesive shakes off dirt
— 10 Sep 2008 16:00 | TechnologyResearchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are continuing their march toward creating a synthetic, gecko-like adhesive, one sticky step at a time. Their latest milestone…